His 27 wins in 1972 came for the last place Phillies, who would win only 59 games all year. Carlton's wins represented 45.8 of the Phillies victories that year, a major league record.

Top five in MVP voting three times.

Ten time All-Star.

The first man to surpass 4,000 strikeouts. Fourth all time with 4136. The next closest active pitcher (Greg Maddux) is almost 1000 strikeouts behind him.

The second winningest lefthander in MLB history. His 329 wins are 10th all time.

Tied for 14th all time with 55 shutouts.

Led the NL in strikeouts five times.

Led the NL in IP five times.

3-0 with a 2.31 ERA in the 1980 post season, the Phillies' only championship year.

"It (not talking to the media from 1974 through the end of his career)
was perfect for me at the time. It took me two years to make up my mind.
I was tired of getting slammed. To me it was a slap in the face. But it [his silence]
made me concentrate better. And the irony is that they wrote better without
access to my quotes. It's all quotes, anyway, and it all sounds the same to me.
After that they wrote better and more interesting stuff. I took it personal.
I got slammed quite a bit. To pick up the paper and read about yourself
getting slammed, that doesn't start your day off right."